Sacramento Climate Coalition

The Sacramento Climate Coalition is a grassroots alliance of 37 Sacramento organizations working to advance the broader movement for civil rights, climate justice and our environment, now and in these crucial years ahead.

The Coalition was created in 2016 to fight proposals to bring explosive crude oil through Sacramento neighborhoods on their way to coastal refineries. We won the fight, and decided to expand our focus to the broader set of issues related to climate change as a whole. We have always had leadership from disadvantaged communities located near to the rail lines and are deeply committed to environmental justice.

With help from our members we were able to pressure Sacramento City, County, and SMUD to declare a Climate Emergency, recognizing the urgency of our situation and creating a 2030 carbon zero deadline to avoid the worst effects of the coming catastrophe. Our current campaigns aim to hold them accountable to this crucial timeline, in addition to fostering collaboration between the major energy users, and educating the public about the current crisis and what they can do to help our city and County rapidly decarbonize.

Within the Sacramento’s Climate Emergency Declaration process we were able to lead is insisting upon the establishment of a County Emergency Mobilization Task Force tasked with advising the County supervisors with a Climate Emergency Response Plan.

Additionally, our 2023 campaign led to researching and identifying established means from across the US to pay for the rapid decarbonization programs that are needed in our region. We have been successful with the first of these projects by starting the process of building a Sacramento Public Bank as is consistent with AB 857, the California Public Banking Act of 2019 which allows the formation of 10 Public Banks in California.  Through rapid community collaboration locally, within the California Public Banking Alliance, City Council member Valenzuela , City Treasurer John Colville and Banking Manager, Kimberly Gladden we were able to secure City funding to fund a viability and business plan for such a public bank.